Irishchatter
I have to say, this film wasn't expected because I didn't plan on watching this but I'm glad to have done! I tried not to cry when Sam killed himself when his father found out that he was starting to have a gay realtionship with Jet. I have to agree with some of the reviewers here that you could get lost in the plot, there's too many things going on and I found it doesn't give you much focus on actually to focus on. Do we focus on Sam's past? Do we focus on Jets hustling job? Or do we focus on Chin falling in love with Sam? Do we focus on Kana on her lesbian adventures ? It was really confusing like who are we meant to focus on here lol??!!Anyways it wasn't a bad film and this is my first time to actually watch a Chinese gay film. I would recommend people to watch this but they have to get ready for confusion so that is why I'm giving this a 7/10 rating!
arizona-philm-phan
Yes, the cinematography of this movie is well-done, the musical soundtrack is fine, and, as others have pointed out, the main characters are male and, indeed, may be described as beautiful and as eye candy. But, make no mistake, these are gay characters, and their stories are gay ones. So, if other reviews haven't made that abundantly clear, this one is now doing so.That said, and despite what some other reviewers may have lead you to believe, if you are expecting to see really well done love making scenes that are natural and true-to-life, you're going to be disappointed. The male on male love making shots, for the most part, are made up of fumbling gestures. Rather than actual kissing, there is an awful lot of what I would call "neck nuzzling" (you know, that's what you do when you can't stand to place your lips on those of another human being---but instead spend moment after moment grinding your face in the crook of that person's neck and shoulder). But, wait, there is one end-of-film scene between our two main characters in which actual lip to lip kissing does occur.....and it is exciting. Fortunately for the undoubtedly embarrassed actors, however, the script does call for a quick "interruption" to the proceedings (doesn't that always seem to happen?).I have a tip for those of you who wish to proceed in purchasing this title on DVD (I honestly don't especially regret doing so, and you can maybe check out some place like yesasia). Here's that tip: the subtitling into English of what is spoken in this film (perhaps a Chinese dialect, such as Cantonese) is, I believe, the poorest I have ever run across. Silly things, for the most part, which detract mightily from the film's story (example: the subtitle is meant to read "From dusk to dawn" but instead shows across the bottom of the picture as "From dust to dawn"). And there is a lot of this type thing. Too bad, because our leads, Wu and Fung, were either born and/or partially raised in the US, one even attending the U. of Michigan. The film makers should have paid these guys a little extra and had them take care of the subtitling. If I were a wannabe star, I'd even have done it for free.
baywolph
Finally got to watch this one on the big screen as part of Cinemanila. After hearing so much about it, I have to say that I was disappointed. Sentimental movies are no problem with me but this one wasn't very good. The storytelling was confusing and I couldn't feel the passion between the characters. The "love scenes" were awkward and well, passionless. Watch out for that shower scene and cringe. Hell, that cheesy love scene in Titanic (the one with the steamed up windows in the car) was better.Shu Qi is wasted here. We could have done without her character. Acting-wise, the main actors were not that proficient. Pity, a lot of wasted chances.
Spacy
Straight model actors are certainly far removed from the typical gay man. I found as did many the actors to be beautiful, but that was the main attraction for the film. I found the substance of the film to be disappointing. Any character who was not beautiful was generally portrayed as one who prayed on those who were. A gay film that represents the diversity of gay people would have been much more to my liking.
